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“This is without a doubt the biggest day of the year for chicken wings,” said Tom Super, the group’s vice president for communications.

Wings and football aside, the organization does do serious work here in town (there’s even a Congressional Chicken Caucus on Capitol Hill) , namely doing its part to make business easier and more profitable for its member chicken companies and producers. This year, that has meant advocating on behalf of companies that have seen chicken consumption go down.

“The main reason is because of the high cost of feed,” Super said. “Corn makes up almost two-thirds of the cost of what it takes to grow a chicken to market weight and corn last year hit an all-time high.”

The Council insists it’s bipartisan — “we have some on the left wing, some on the right wing” (get it?) — but, when it comes to Sunday’s game, they’re not afraid to choose sides.

“The Raven is a bird, so feathers stick together,” Super said. That Maryland is one of the bigger chicken producing states doesn’t hurt either.